SGIS dean appointed

Ambassador Lee Feinstein was appointed founding dean of IU’s School of Global and International Studies, according to an IU news release.

The IU Board of Trustees approved the SGIS in August 2012. The school will be housed in a new building currently under construction on campus.

Feinstein was the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Poland from 2009 to 2012 and has worked at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institution.

“We have great ambitions for the school, and it was imperative that we find a dean whose experience, intellect and understanding of the complex world into which we are sending our students match our aspirations for the school,” said IU president Michael McRobbie. “Ambassador Feinstein's extensive background and indisputable success at the highest levels of diplomacy and international affairs speak for themselves and make him an ideal candidate to serve as the school’s first dean.”

— Tori Fater